'What we saw a few days ago released by IMPD is unacceptable,' said Dr. Carlos Perkins of Bethel Cathedral A.M.E. Church at a rally Friday.
"I just wanted to say that Herman was a gentle, wonderful genius," Herman Whitfield Jr., father of Whitfield III, said."The world lost a great gift."Indianapolis faith leaders and family members continued to call on the city's police department Friday to release the full, unedited body camera footage of the police encounter from before Herman Whitfield III’s death.
"What we saw a few days ago released by IMPD is unacceptable,” said Dr. Carlos Perkins of Bethel Cathedral A.M.E. Church at a rally Friday. “ a highly edited footage of an incident that lasted almost 45 minutes. What we are demanding is for the unedited body cam to be released to the community.” Perkins was joined at the rally, outside Indianapolis City Market, by community members and Whitfield's parents.
IMPD Chief Randal Taylor previously told IndyStar full body camera footage from officers in such instances must go through court proceedings before they are released. “In pretty much all the videos in the past, you kind of get an idea of what happened,” Taylor said. “This one is different from the standpoint – you can watch this video and you will still not know what caused this man’s death.” Taylor said an autopsy report for Whitfield has not been completed, as he hoped to include the results from the report in the video, but said the community has asked to see the footage and officials decided to publish the video without that information.
"In-custody deaths are by far the most difficult and time consuming cases for our staff due to the level of detail that must go into the reports and the overall investigations," McGinty said in an emailed statement.
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